War Babies

Colonel, brian collins, u.S. Army, federal marshal tim fallon and dr.Michael shea・ ・all born in 1946 and representative members of the war baby generation・ ・are introduced in the opening chapters of the novel, the year all three men turn fifty. The * of an army officer and her new york city police detective lover, bring brian, his two childhood friends, and those important to, their past and present lives, together again, in a literary thriller played out in places like fort bragg, north carolina, new york city, new jersey and honduras. Behind the media accounts of the war against crime by municipalities where police commanders publically account (comstat) for the rise and fall of crime in their precincts, and the precision and gadgetry of military smart bombs, behind the strategies and tactics of the department of defense, there are people, up and down the chain of command, good and bad, members of paramilitary and military organizations, the rank and file with their own personal drives, ambitions, needs, dark and light sides.